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What counts as a witness?
- Thread starter 油井緋色
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I was not able to use my girlfriend as a witness油井緋色;1875189 said:
-Jamie M.
Your only real bullet proof witness is someone you've never met who saw the accident (not someone who heard a crash and turned around to look) and is listed on the police report. If you can get them to give you their name and tel# but also ask them to stick around until the police show up and give their name and number to the police as well.
When the judge excluded my "witness" he said it CAN be someone you know, just not someone that loves you (brother, sister, girlfriend, etc.).油井緋色;1877411 said:
As coyo said, if you know the witness, less credibility might be given.
-Jamie M.
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I saw a buddy get hit once, they let me be a witness. Wasn't even a problem.
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I'm not saying you can't. Just that if you can get a stranger to wait for the police you're gold.
That is some pretty retarded ****.
So if I see a jackass do a left turn and my gf tbones them or hits them and I tell them I saw the accident I get screwed even tho we're operating different vehicles?
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油井緋色;1877617 said:
If you really tboned someone turning left, I doubt the witness is really necessary.
This pretty much sums it up. If you know one of the persons involved, you're more likely to lie for them and because of that, your credibility is reduced.
Thank you; I spat my coffee out.
Any person can be a witness, the issue comes down to establishing credibility. If your girlfriend was a police officer, firefighter, lawyer, paralegal, doctor, Canadian Forces member, or any other position which exudes reliability or credibility, there is no reason they cannot be a credible witness. How this is established is at the start of your line of questioning - establishing that credible position in society, so that what they say cannot be questioned later as truthful or not.
Moreso, having a very straight line of questioning, with no loopholes or answers which might create doubt in the various witnesses is also very helpful.
Moreso, having a very straight line of questioning, with no loopholes or answers which might create doubt in the various witnesses is also very helpful.
True, but bringing this back down to an HTA matter, without a serious matter at hand, I don't think that those titles would matter much. Criminal matters would change things.
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Lets be clear, when you are talking about insurance fault determination, they have witness rules, in court, those rules are different. what are we talking about here?
From the OP's original post, I take it to be HTA matters. Not criminal and certainly not insurance who have their own wonderful rules.
i believe wife and in-laws are accepted as paid witnesses
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